Jean Mulder | |
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Born | |
Academic background | |
Education | |
Thesis | Ergativity in Coast Tsimshian (Sm’algyax) (1988) |
Doctoral advisor | |
Other advisors | Paul Kroskrity |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Linguist |
Sub-discipline | Australian English linguistics, Tshimshian linguistics |
Institutions | University of Melbourne |
Jean Mulder is a linguist. Mulder's research interests include Australian English and Tsimshian, a North American Indian language. Mulder is currently an Honorary Senior Fellow in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Melbourne, having been a Professor there until 2017.[1] She is currently the editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics.[2]
Mulder was born in Niskayuna, New York. She earned a BA in mathematics and linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and received her MA in 1978 and PhD in 1988, both in linguistics, from the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]
She is a publicly regarded expert on Australian English,[4] working specifically on features of morphology and syntax. Of particular note is her work on 'final but' in Australian English.[5]
Mulder has also been extensively involved in developing and promoting the Victorian Certificate of Education subject English Language.[6] As part of this she is also a strong public advocate of teaching linguistics and grammar in schools.[7]